Jackson searches crash Google

Search engine in meltdown as singer dies

By Anonymous

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Millions of users logging on and typing “Michael Jackson” caused the search engine to go into meltdown. Google temporarily froze and users were left with a message that read: “"Your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application." Fans instead turned to Twitter, including hundreds of celebrities, to find confirmation of Michael's death.

Searches for Michael Jackson crashed Google

Wikipedia, a mass encyclopedia database, also experienced problems when thousands of attempts were made to update the singer’s page with his death details. The BBC News website reported UK traffic was 48 per cent higher than usual at 4am today.MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING OK.CO.UK ON TWITTER